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ter, those for conducting investigations in the production of cheese 

 in its various forms. The building, though not large, is ample for 



the work of the station. 

 Since dairy husbandry is 

 the great agricultural in- 

 dustry of the state, and 

 embraces not only the art 

 of production but that of 

 manufacture as well, it is 

 expected that this build- 

 ing will in the future, as 

 in the past, be in con- 

 stant use. 



Thirty sheep, twenty 



swine, eight horses, 



Fig. i. — The Dairy House. twenty -five milch cows, 



and a score of chickens constitute about the average number of 



animals which are used for experimental and other purposes. 



It will be seen that the plant provided by the university and 

 station funds for the purpose of agricultural research, is exten- 

 sive if not entirely complete in all its details. For a more detailed 

 report, of other buildings and appliances provided for the use of 

 the station, I refer you to the reports of the professors at the 

 head of the respective divisions. 



During the year ten bulletins have been issued, a copy of each 

 of which is herewith transmitted and made a part of this report. 

 Twenty-five bulletins, of eight to ten thousand copies each, and 

 two annual reports have been issued, during the thirty-two months 

 that the station has been established. A large amount of work 

 which is believed to have been of direct and immediate value to 

 agriculture, but which cannot be set forth in bulletins, has been 

 done during the year. The station staff have given many ad- 

 dresses at the various meetings of agriculturists, have answered 

 numerous enquiries through the press and by letter, and have 

 visited several sections of the state in order to render assistance 

 in solving difficulties of a general character. 



The mailing list has reached twelve thousand, and six thousand 

 persons have acknowledged the receipt of the bulletins. Several 

 hundred letters received annually from the progressive farmers of 



